"The artist accepts the limitations of form, not with fear and dread, but as the starting point of creation."

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Source : Laurence G. Boldt (1999). “Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design”, p.139, Penguin

Laurence Boldt

#Acceptance Quotes #Artist Quotes #Creation Quotes

“People ask me to predict the future, when all I want to do is prevent it. Better yet, build it. Predicting the future is much too easy, anyway. You look at the people around you, the street you stand on, the visible air you breathe, and predict more of the same. To hell with more. I want better.”
“A lot of my music is slow and subtle. The subtly is what I enjoy about making music.”
“At my concerts most of the chicks are looking for liberation, they think I'm gonna show 'em how to do it.”
“Growing up is scary because it happens without you knowing it.”
“Most obstacles are inspiration.”
“But we will say something else. That for far too long in this country, people who can work, people who are able to work, and people who choose not to work: you cannot go on claiming welfare like you are now.”
“The house, while sound in wind and limb, was described as being of 'no character.' We didn't think then that it had anything but character, rather sinister perhaps, but definitely character.”

Source : Margery Fish (2011). “We Made a Garden”, p.12, Pavilion Books
“Remember, I'm not running against Rick Perry; I'm running against apathy.”

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